Fatah, Hamas trade accusations

Published by You on 2 February, 2009 - 21:19

Fatah, Hamas trade accusations

RAMALLAH, occuiped West Bank (IPS) - Reconciliation between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah is looking increasingly problematic as the two groups exchange serious accusations of treason, torture and extrajudicial killings.

Tension between the two groups has escalated in the wake of Israel's 22-day military assault on Gaza, code-named Operation Cast Lead, which left more than 1,300 Palestinians dead, nearly 5,000 wounded, and the coastal territory's infrastructure decimated.

Fatah, affiliated with the ruling Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, accuses Hamas of killing, torturing and beating up a number of Fatah activists in Gaza.

Hamas, which controls Gaza, in turn accuses Fatah members of guiding and helping the Israeli military to strike Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip during the war...

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Not good - not good at all.

Submitted by You on 2 February, 2009 - 21:34

yup yup.

An interesting bit in there is about what happened in 2007 - where Israeli, Egyptian and American backed influence failed in Fatah's attempted coup which was foiled and lead to the kick out of Fatah from Gaza.

All the dumping on Hamas is just making elements of it more extreme and will cuase bigger problems in the future. It's high time that they were brought in from the wilderness. Especially since Mahmoud Abbas's presidency si seen as illegal by many since the official term ended on 9 January.

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"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.

Submitted by You on 4 February, 2009 - 16:04

Hamas police 'seize aid for Gaza'

Hamas policemen have seized thousands of blankets and food parcels that were meant to be distributed to Palestinian civilians in Gaza, UN officials say.

A UN spokesman said policemen raided a UN warehouse on Tuesday after officials refused to hand over the aid to a Hamas-controlled ministry.

The UN said it was the first time its aid had been confiscated by Hamas.

It condemned the action and demanded the goods be immediately returned. Hamas denied its men had taken any aid.

UN spokesman Christopher Gunness said Hamas police took 3,500 blankets and over 400 food parcels.

The Hamas Social Affairs Minister in Gaza, Ahmed al-Kurd, denied that members of the Islamist movement had removed aid from a UN building.

However, he said his ministry was in dispute with the UN relief agency about how aid should be distributed.

He accused the UN of giving aid to local groups with ties to Hamas opponents...

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Quite worrying indeed.

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"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'" - David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. 13 May 2015.

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